Word: prospecting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...interests or ideals. There are no serious proposals on the docket for using U.S. military might or foreign aid in an effort to shift the balance of world power heavily in favor of the U.S. and its allies. In fact, foreign aid has been drastically cut and the prospect is that it will be cut further. Use of the enormous military plant now seems to depend on the Communists. If they make a rash move, possibly the U.S. will be able to punish them; if they do not, the U.S. will go on paying blackmail to the threat of aggression...
...week, after a year of production, Fred Schwartzwalder, 58, was a rich man. His uranium had already brought him $125,000, and there was a lot more in old Indian Head. "There are a good many thousands of tons of proven ore in that mine," says Fred, "and the prospect of a lot more. I'm conservative, too. The AEC calls me the 'front-range pessimist' because I'm careful about the estimates." The AEC agreed. "Schwartzwalder has found one of the most significant hydrothermal-type deposits in the U.S.," said an official state ment...
When the ten-day adjournment was finally voted, the pro-McCarthy Republican Senators could scarcely conceal their delight. Ev Dirksen unintentionally explained why. Leaving the floor, he was asked by newsmen if some sort of filibuster was in prospect. Dirksen seemed shocked. "Goodness me, no," he replied. "Nothing could be further from the fact, that I'm trying to prevent a vote. Time is always a great healer, its soothing effect brings peace of mind." Then he paused, and added: "I don't know whether a vote can be reached...
...What is the hurry about all this?" he demanded. "The international situation today is more favorable than it has been for some time . . . Does anybody think that the people of this country will feel safer against the prospect of war if German armies with Nazi officers have atom bombs? Really, it seems to me a piece of wanton frivolity to bring forward a proposal of this kind and discuss it as a diplomatic triumph." Eden was "squeezed into submission by Mendès-France and Foster Dulles. So far from it being a triumph, it was the most ignominious surrender...
...Educational Testing Service of Princeton, N.J., received $50,000 to explore methods of setting up an annual survey of American college applicants. The prospect of sharply increased enrollment in colleges was responsible for the grant, John W. Gardner, acting president of the Carnegie Corporation declared yesterday. "Data must be collected on an annual basis," he said, "and it should deal not only with sheer numbers of students, but also with their scholastic aptitude, achievement, and motivation...